Chief Justice Nathan Hecht released three written opinions on his last day in office, retiring Tuesday as the longest serving ...

Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief ...

Gov. Greg Abbott must replace Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht with a similarly reform-minded, experienced and ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court retires after admirably serving on the high court for more than three ...

Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...

Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed his former general counsel and current Texas Supreme Court Justice, Jimmy Blacklock as the ...

In it, he announced he would be sitting out oral arguments until he officially left in October. Nathan Hecht, the senior ...

The longest-serving chief justice in the Supreme Court of Texas is retiring on New Year's Eve. Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a transformation of the court ...